Urban Agriculture: 3-D Vertical Barrel Gardening

http://www.EasiestGarden.com – Our most striking video yet! We’ve yet to show anyone our test barrels without them being visibly impressed, and we’re sure you will be too. Complete plans/DVD sets are available from our website and detail a step-by-step process to recycle a used 55-gallon, 30-gallon, or 5-gallon plastic container into a garden able […]

How to Use Coconut Oil: There are Hundreds of Uses of Coconut Oil!

Photos and video by Jeremiah Shilhavy, recipes by Sarah Shilhavy

There are hundreds of uses for coconut oil in the kitchen, with multiple ways of incorporating coconut oil into a healthy diet. As a cooking oil, replace polyunsaturated oils, “vegetable oils” such as corn and soy, with coconut oil. Coconut oil should be your main […]

Medical Care is the Number 1 Cause of Death in the U.S.

by Dr. Mercola

The latest data on the leading causes of deathi in the United States has been released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

The report, which is based on 2010 data, lists the 10 leading causes of death as follows:

Diseases of the heart
Cancer
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Alzheimer’s […]

State Agents Now Replacing Homemade School Lunches with Government Approved Cafeteria Food

Health Impact News Editor Comment: The Food Police are here. They have been dispatched to schools to inspect all homemade school lunches brought from home to make sure they are approved. According to Sara Burrows of the Carolina Journal Online, “The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and […]

Your Dog Will Love This! All Natural Tip Against Fleas And Ticks

Photo by Jeremiah Shilhavy
by Greenderella
Excerpts:
After a couple of hours of research in the world wide web, I finally found something that would be so helpful and awesome that I need to write a post about it: All you need, to scare the ticks and fleas away, is coconut oil! I was […]

Stop the GE food take over of our food supply

Can We Succeed in Pushing Back Against Dangerous Genetically Engineered Foods?
by Alliance for Natural Health

Yes! There are more and more anti-GMO campaigns across the country—with your help this effort can succeed!

Genetically engineered food is the biggest uncontrolled experiment ever conducted on humans. Nearly all of our processed food contains genetically engineered […]

Understanding Heart Health: Saturated Fats and Cholesterol are NOT the Enemies

Some things to keep in mind during Heart Awareness Month
by Paula Owens
Ahwatukee Foothills News

Excerpts:

Saturated fat is actually healthy for your heart. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed that those who regularly eat the highest amounts of saturated fats have the least amount of plaque buildup in their arteries, and had a […]

Coconut Oil for Healthy Hair in the Winter

The Times of India

The dry, cold weather can be damaging to your tresses, but there are ways to deal with the season’s effects on them, says Ismat Tahseen

Winter may be one of the most pleasant seasons with great weather, hot coffee and holiday fun but with the merriment it’s also a must […]

FDA Secretly Monitors Emails of Mammogram Whistleblowers

by Dr. Mercola

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) secretly monitored the personal e-mail of nine whistleblowers—its own scientists and doctors—over the course of two years.

The monitored employees had warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable risks to patients.

Six of the monitored scientists and doctors recently […]

How Not All LDL Cholesterol Is “Bad” For Your Heart

by Dr John Briffa
for The Cholesterol Truth

Excerpts:

Cholesterol is transported in the bloodstream in the form of what are known as ‘lipoproteins’. Basically, these are tiny packages of cholesterol and fat, encased in a mix of fats (known as phospholipids) and protein. Lipoproteins come in two different forms: ‘low-density’ and ‘high density’. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) has […]